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6aq8's And 6ba6's, i got a pair of each

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NEVjr	Posted: October 25, 2010 05:40 am
Forum Addict ++ Group: Trusted Members Posts: 1,054 Member No.: 944 Joined: June 16, 2004	anyone got anything good that isnt a radio i could make with them? i was thinking a little pre amp for a turntable maybe? or a theramin? did they ever make tube theramins? --------------------

Sch3mat1c	Posted: October 25, 2010 06:42 am
Forum Addict ++ Group: Moderators Posts: 18,142 Member No.: 73 Joined: July 24, 2002	Lev Termin did his stuff in the 30s and 40s, so yes, they did Preamps are silly easy. 6AQ8 is what, triode pentode? Maybe a mu stage or buffer or something. Tim -------------------- Answering questions is a tricky subject to practice. Not due to the difficulty of formulating or locating answers, but due to the human inability of asking the right questions; a skill that, were one to possess, would put them in the "answering" category.

CWB	Posted: October 25, 2010 12:08 pm
Forum Addict ++ Group: Spamminator Taskforce Posts: 19,511 Member No.: 15,154 Joined: May 15, 2008	the 6AQ8/ECC85 is a dual triode and supposedly one of the best pre-amp/low level tubes going . the 6BA6 is a pentode and commonly used for low rf work ... very popular in AM radios . data sheets : http://tubedata.itchurch.org/sheets62.html a good data base : http://www.nj7p.org/index.htm there is a link on the page to the tube search and other items . -------------------- "Know how to solve every problem that has been solved" R. Feynman '88

Sch3mat1c	Posted: October 25, 2010 04:27 pm
Forum Addict ++ Group: Moderators Posts: 18,142 Member No.: 73 Joined: July 24, 2002	Incidentially, 6BA6 is no good for audio, it's a variable gain tube, which means it's nonlinear. Might produce a "mellow" sound in a guitar preamp though. Tim -------------------- Answering questions is a tricky subject to practice. Not due to the difficulty of formulating or locating answers, but due to the human inability of asking the right questions; a skill that, were one to possess, would put them in the "answering" category.

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